How to Deal With Scrapped Fire Extinguishers?
Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, storage pressure dry powder fire extinguishers can not be stored in high temperature areas, in order to avoid its physical explosion. Used fire extinguishers are strictly prohibited unauthorized disassembly, fire extinguishers are strictly prohibited unauthorized disassembly, should be sent to the qualified units to maintain. If the fire extinguisher occurred serious corrosion or deformation of the cylinder, and to reach the retirement age, should immediately stop using, send maintenance units to deal with. It is forbidden to sell fire extinguishers as scrap metal. In the process of moving fire extinguishers should be gently, in order to avoid explosion after the collision.
It is understood that, for the fire extinguisher scrapped recycling issues, the Ministry of Public Security has only introduced a set of technical guidelines, requiring the occurrence of abnormal fire extinguisher for disposal, and recommended to send manufacturers to scrapped.